on 19.03.2004 16:01, Doug Hinschberger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I print to an HP Laserjet 4050 shared on our LAN. It's the only printer > available to me. > > When I'm using MS Excel 2001 (this didn't happen with Office 98), and I have > a spreadsheet with many, many formulas that calculate and refer to one > another, when I enter or change a value in a cell, Excel recalulates all the > affected cells. This is normal. But I'm experiencing a really annoying delay > (2-3 seconds) until the program becomes responsive again. > <snip>
> > Something appears to be making a call to whatever the currently chosen > printer is. I can hear the hard disk being accessed. If I change my chosen > printer to the "PrintToPDF" utility, the delay goes away. > > So I've deduced it has something to do with the printer driver for the HP > 4050 or some other printing-related s/w. > Hi Doug, It sounds like "HP Communications" [a faceless background process] is competing for CPU cycles with Excel. Check at HP's web site to see if you have the latest version of the driver package, since bad behavior on the part of this app has been an issue for some time, and I have had better results with the more recent versions. You can also try using a utility like "Peek-a-Boo" [http://www.clarkwoodsoftware.com/peekaboo/] to both investigate the impact that this and other processes is having on CPU performance, as well as adjust the relative priority of the various processes. HTH, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
